Residents should clear gutters and drains as up to 15mm of rain could fall in an hour.

Fund meant to be split between three final recipients, but payment hasn't been made.

Family hopes death will be a catalyst for "better outcomes for people seeking care".

A complaint has been laid after a female rugby coach pushed a referee in a friendly game.

A woman has been taken to hospital with accidental gunshot wounds.

IHC has signalled it will stop providing home support, contract board and foster care.

Higher wind speeds have forced the postponement of NASA's super-pressure balloon.

A man jailed following death of friend during a drunken incident had appeal rejected.

A female Corrections officer has been hospitalised following a scuffle in court.

Police have released the names of two people killed in the microlight crash yesterday.

A job to walk fat penguins got New Zealanders in a flap - too bad it was all a prank.

A blaze in Dunedin has been brought under control by firefighters.

Up to 3600 students were out in force at the event.

A deadly start to the day as three die in serious smashes on southern roads.

Research showed there was likely to have been a significant effect on memory.

Murder accused Troy Taylor testifies to deny murdering baby Ihaka Stokes

Lee was sentenced to four months' home detention and ordered to pay reparation.

Many Kiwi women can't correctly pinpoint their fertile window, a new study suggests.

Shoppers in the big centres won't be able to spend up during Easter stat days.

Police have confirmed the two men who died are believed to be tourists from Germany.

The person has been taken to hospital after crashing on Crown Range, near Queenstown.

First chartered flight from Dunedin to these lights has delivered spectacular results.

His blood alcohol level was the highest the judge had seen in all his time on the bar.

Sir Paul Beresford was in the Palace of Westminster when the deadly rampage began outside.

A car and a bus carrying 16 tourists collided on the Te Anau-Milford Highway.

Police don't know how many people were in car that caught fire after tourist-bus crash.

The identity of the perpetrator who poisoned hundreds of roses in a Dunedin cemetery looks set to remain a mystery.

NZ's economic growth is "approaching its environmental limits", a once-a-decade environmental report card says.

A warm, sunny week is expected across the North Island before the weather takes a turn for the worse on Friday.

Will a local step in to make Pineapple Lumps and Jaffas?